Catholics: We have cannibalism! That's a fucking metal recruitment campaign right there.

Yes, racist folks are everywhere (they're you and me!), but I disagree that moving only improves things marginally. For example, I live in a predominantly White area and I can be a woman of color, highly educated, over 30, single, and childfree with very little judgment. I'd have a more difficult time doing that in a…

Word. Single People Are Totally Doing It Right. I'm much happier single than I was with my ex, whom I gave a pass on my no-religious-people dealbreaker.

In addition to this, it's exceedingly rare for a mental health professional to break confidentiality in order to warn an outside party about a threat against them. Most providers go their entire careers without ever doing this, and the laws regarding breaking confidentiality are very clear and strict.

Some insurances will. My insurance covers voluntary sterilization and abortion at 90% for in network providers an 80% for out of network providers. I'm so incredibly grateful for that.

I definitely see where you're coming from, but for me there isn't much difference between saying "Having children is the worst decision I made" and "My mother completely ruined my life." We allow people to speak freely about their experience as (adult) children, but don't allow people to speak freely about their…

Children are so vastly different from one another; I don't think exposure to even a multitude of kids can help a person accurately anticipate their experience(s) of parenthood. I was an incredibly easygoing child and my younger brother was an incredibly difficult child. My mother has said multiple times that if he'd…

A lot of people aren't very knowledgeable about food choices, and that may have something to do with class and privilege. I grew up in a working class family eating poor people's food and I'm intimidated by all the fruits/veggies/other random things I see at the grocery store now that I live in a nicer area. I don't…

I'm with you, especially when I have to wake up at 2:00 in the morning to drive for an hour and a half to the airport in order to catch a 5:00 am flight. At 2:00 in the morning, I don't give a shit what I look like and at 8:00 am, when I've already been up for six hours and still have two more airports to go, I still…

I was hoping it was a play on words I just didn't get.

I think it's highly context dependent, and your friend needs to learn to err on the side of caution when it comes to backing off. He can't just approach random women he likes in any situation; that's creeper territory. If he sees a woman and something indicates that there might be mutual interests (e.g., she's reading…

I can see what you're saying, but a lived identity doesn't necessarily have to be a publicly lived identity.

You're right. I stopped watching because of the NFL's terrible treatment of players with CTE. This has absolutely zero impact on the NFL, but it's about all I can do.

Your dad sounds awesome!

It's starting to catch on. Some Aetna plans provide pretty good coverage for trans-related procedures, though some gender reassignment (or genital plastic surgery, which is the term I'm hearing more often on the medical side of things) is still quite expensive even when covered at 80% or 90%. Some universities are…

This is an awesome comment and I absolutely appreciate it.

Right? I have friends who, on paper, I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. (Biases, we all have them!) In person, they're perfectly lovely. I'm sure the yoga folks are likely very nice and welcoming, but they're intimidating.

That was an excellent read. Thank you so much.

This is an excellent point. When I first got my Kindle, I was living in an area where the nearest bookstore was a 90 minute round trip. For an avid reader, that was torture.

Three primary reasons I love ebooks: